Hello. For what it's worth, I think non-free should be available to encourage adoption of Replicant. Would it be acceptable for Replicant's F-droid to simply hide all non-free by default or clearly present a non-free warning for those apps? This seems quite simple if F-droid's repo allows for categorical tagging, but if that is not possible, perhaps segregating the repos is necessary. I understand that it may be desirable to not ship any non-free repo, in which case the latter might be necessary, but adding the non-free repo should at least be convenient for new users who want the same Android apps they have become used to. Personally, I believe just using Replicant is a good step in the right direction. Clear warnings and categorical stratification seem ideal to me.
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Re: fdroid on replicant: dfsg changes (Josh Branning) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:54:21 +0100 > From: Josh Branning <lovell.josh...@gmail.com> > To: replicant@lists.osuosl.org > Subject: Re: [Replicant] fdroid on replicant: dfsg changes > Message-ID: <580bb5dd.2050...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 22/10/16 02:53, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:59:10 +0200 > > Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> wrote: > > > >> Den Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:15:19 +0200 > >> skrev Re: fdroid on replicant: dfsg changes: > > [...] > >>>>> The idea is to: > >>>>> - make F-droid detect Replicant > >>>>> - Add a way to totally hide applications. > >>>>> - Make f-droid hide all applications with anti-features, if > >>>>> running on Replicant. > > [...] > >>>> This could be too heavy handed. For me, this would make it > >>>> impossible to install Face Slim, OsmAnd, Telegram. Of these > >>>> three, only the OsmAnd appear to actually have a licensing issue. > >>>> > >>>> However, I could live with the solution above if it means having > >>>> Replicant a FSF endorsed free distro. > > > > Another solution would be to: > > 1) Detect Replicant in f-droid > > 2) Add the ability, with the fdroid-data, to produce a repository that > > is fully fsdg-compliant. It would take the stock fdroid-data in > > input. > > 3) host that fsdg-compliant repository > > 4) make f-droid switch to the fsdg-compliant repository, somehow, when > > it is run within Replicant. > > > > That way a user could still, willingly, switch repository, while > > keeping Replicant fsdg-compliant at the same time. > > > > Another option would be to: > > 1) Add compilation switches in f-droid, such as --enforce-fsdg or > > --enforce-no-anti-features that would hide all the non-fsdg (or all > > applications with anti-features) > > 2) When building f-droid in Replicant, it would be built with that > > compilation option. > > > > The advantages and disadvantages of that last approach are: > > - F-droid wound't be reproducible between Replicant and the official > > version. > > - A user could uninstall Replicant's f-droid and install the official > > one instead to get software not shown with the version > > shipped in Replicant. > > - I've no idea if compilation switches are fsdg-compliant or not. > > For me it looks like a source version of debian non-free repository. > > Coreboot for instance already has such setting, when doing make > > menuconfig, there is the "[ ] Allow use of binary-only repository" > > option[1]. > > > >> I see that Replicant is mentioned there now, but this sounds strange > >> to me given the concern with fdroid. > > I think f-droid was fsdg-compliant at the time where Replicant was added > > to the list of FSDG distributions. > > > > Privileged extension: > > --------------------- > > I tested the privileged extension on Replicant 4.2, it now works great, > > and I can now update all the applications way faster. I can even > > install them faster. > > > >>> There are large security and usability advantages to including > > What are the security advantages? > > As I understand f-droid doesn't require root permissions. > > > > References: > > ----------- > > [1] I mentioned it because having real world example can help, > > especially if we need to ask around to see if it is compliant. > > > > Denis. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Replicant mailing list > > Replicant@lists.osuosl.org > > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > > > > I think hiding all applications with anti-features could be a bit heavy > handed too. > > Some things like upstream non-free, adds, non-free network services and > possibly tracking are not good things, but the user may feel that they > still want to install the app, and the app may not directly conflict > with the fsf guidelines. > > Other things like non-free dependencies and non-free assets should be > avoided completely. > > I think it may be wise to have a discussion about which of the following > /have/ to be removed to comply, and make sure we're not just removing > things because they are not preferable. > > https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Antifeatures > > For the software that doesn't comply, hopefully there is a way to remove > those features from the sources. > > Josh > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Replicant mailing list > Replicant@lists.osuosl.org > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Replicant Digest, Vol 193, Issue 4 > ***************************************** >
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